As a man without an independent state of his own, who has spent much of the past

seventy years in grief, shame, and anguish, the best thing in this world would be to live

as a citizen of a fully autonomous, independent nation until his last breath. In my past,

I had wished to be a gatekeeper of our independent government, for I would gladly have

become the humblest person in our society if only were our country to attain independence.

For a life of poverty and lowliness in an independent nation of one''s own is happier, more

honorable, and filled with greater hope than that of wealth and privileges under someone else''s

rule.